Podcast appearances and mentions of Monica Day

You probably know Monica Day as the beautiful, smiling NBC4 Anchor who greets you through your TV screen every morning. But there's SO much more to this powerhouse of a human being than meets the eye. In this episode, Monica opens up about her challenging high school years, pageant life, being judged by viewers, her love for Elvis, and her dog that almost burnt her house down. This show is chock full of awesome because this woman is dynamite!xoxo-

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium isn't just one of Central Ohio's most beloved attractions. It's a fan favorite around the country and even internationally.  However, events in the last several years at the Zoo have included turmoil and controversy, followed by the resignation of top Zoo executives.  This week's CMC forum looks at how the Columbus Zoo can restore its reputation as the nation's leader in animal conservation and education.  This CMC forum was recorded live on June 22, 2022.   The speaker is:   Tom Schmid, President and CEO, The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium   The host is Monica Day, Co-Anchor, NBC4 Today 

This week, Danae (https://www.instagram.com/healingisradical/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Casting a SexyTimes Spell" and "Conjurings in the Night," and magic. You can also follow Danae at https://www.instagram.com/downtempo_danae/ Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of June 14th. Picture of Danae Barnes by Monica Day #poetrypodcasts #ImogenArate #DanaeBarnes #CastingASexyTimesSpell #ConjuringsintheNight #poet #writer #activist #yogaguru #DCIntermedia #militarizationofthepolice #angeragainstanger #strategyvstactics #AlwunHouse #UniversalLoveEvent #TempeCenterfortheArts #ShannonLove #TheSonoranSmallPublishersSummit #UrbanYoga #mediacircus #blackpanther #radicalselfcontrol #radicalcommunitybuilding #communitybuilding #powerofourattention #poetry #visceral #specificityofwordchoice #poetryevents #FinishingSchool #SanFrancisco #BayArea #get100rejectionsayear #dragqueen #lingam #vulva #mouth #anus #fancyunderwear #gettingphysical #earthmamamagic #personalpleasures #noinstagramfilterneeded #DatingApps #Tinder #Match #Grindr #badactors #asexual #anxiety #extendthecircleofourconcern #desiretobeconnected #minoritize #democratizationofaccess #marginalization #colorism #queercommunity #GonewiththeWind #Lincoln #StevenSpielberg #AntiWarMovies #OscarsSoWhite #SocialMediaStarts #BeingHeard #Replay

In this episode, we chat with three compliance professionals from the City of Henderson. Monica Day from the city's Fire, Deeann Bill at Police, and Mimi Mehri with the Human Resources department all share how their decision to use one single source of truth for policies has helped streamline communication and collaboration, especially during COVID19. 

Monica Day, Tracey Segarra and Amanda Wood share stories about an open relationship, a mother's feelings about abortion, and a sister's memory.

Today’s guest is Monica Day, a self-described “instigator.” The topic of discussion today is how to create more intentional eroticism in your life. We all want to be swept off our feet and experience animal passion, but we also crave safety and security. Monica is going to tell us how those two ideas aren’t at odds. We’ll also talk about how to have more and better sex as well as how to manage this if you tend to be a bit shy. You won’t want to miss today’s juicy episode! Some of the highlights of the show include: The paradox of passion: What it is and why it’s important to balance the domestic and the erotic parts of your personality. How to rekindle the spark when you’re juggling work, kids, house, and all of the other obligations that accompany adulthood. Why fairy-tale romance is damaging the way we as a society and as individuals approach sex. The importance of playfulness, curiosity and communication when it comes to building up our sexual lives. What you can do to focus more on sensuality and sensations when it comes to your sexuality and your relationship. Some of the exercises that are in Monica’s book; these can help you shift the way you think about sex and sensuality. Thoughts on overcoming shyness and awkwardness when discussing needs and wants with your partner. The silent vow that many people take that can lead to the death of desire and even of the relationship in general. Why waiting to be in the mood doesn’t work. Links and Resources: Monica Day The Sensual Life Play Wild, Stay Safe Mating in Captivity   Quotes: “Our sexual energy is dynamic; it’s not static. It’s not something that lives in the closet with your sex toys... it’s responsive to where we are in our lives.” “The industry of romance has crippled us from being able to come to sex from a primal place.” “You can have a paradigm shift with your mind, but it’s a very different thing to have a paradigm shift with your body.”

What if who we are in the bedroom is who we are in life?  If we are sensual beings experiencing the world through physical bodies, then what can our inner knowing and intuition tell us about safety and risk--both in sex and in life?  How do we create intimacy and can we relocate our innocence?  And what does it mean if we spend most of our lives at odds with our bodies, when so much of our inner knowing is wrapped up in our becoming attuned to our bodies and sensual experiences?   For writer, performer and coach, Monica Day, sex is just a piece of the sexuality continuum, but so much of who we are and what we pay attention to plays out in our sex.  In her new book, Play Wild, Stay Safe: The Guide to Giving & Receiving, she discusses safety and risk in our relationships as a foundational introduction to deeper conversations about sex, sensuality, consent and safety and beyond.  And through these conversations, we are able to access clarity around not just sexual mastery, but also power dynamics, healing from trauma, authenticity and so much more.     I’m thrilled to have Monica with me on episode 45 of the Practice of Being Seen podcast.  Together, we discuss:   Straddling the duality of “the domestic and the erotic” The importance of communication in sex, and the two components of communicating about sex that we are often not taught The difference between communication and transmission Why every experience is a sensual experience and why we spend most of our lives at odds with that experience The one question everybody wants to know about their sex lives, and what our sex tells us about how we are in every other part of our lives Why we need safety in order to take risks How safety is created, discovered or redefined, and why it’s ultimately about belonging Why being told we are safe isn’t good enough and how attuning to our bodily “source code” recalibrates us to be able to identify true safety Intimacy as an outgrowth of sharing, cultivating curiosity about yourself and your partner, and the relationship killer that we often do in order to protect monogamy Why we need polarities and tension in our relationships The problem with our idea of balance and why A+B doesn’t always equal C in the bedroom The risks involved in both giving and receiving and why it might be more powerful to think in terms of surrender and creation The one major detail we are often not conscious of during sex that, in most any other circumstance in life, would not work out so well. Why being a “sacred witness” feels so confronting to most people and how that relates to the innocence we still have Moving past sexual trauma, the point at which we overvalue safety, and the difference between sexual mastery and repression Discerning between predatory behavior and the “muddy middle”, why we’re so confused about it all in this current moment of Weinstein scandal and #metoo, and what can follow after this cleansing stage in our culture.   Referenced in this episode: Monica Day’s new book, Play Wild, Stay Safe: The Guide to Giving & Receiving Esther Perel’s concept of “The Domestic & The Erotic”   You can find Monica Day online at MonicaDay.com.     Are you loving listening to the Practice of Being Seen podcast?  You can buy us a cup of coffee so we can continue shining more light on topics that matter.   Oh, and note your calendars, Rebecca will be co-leading a fabulous 5 day retreat at Menla for couples this Valentine’s week, details available here.  

Monica Day is obsessed with the areas of life that invite us to admit our deepest desires, stir our greatest passions, and face our most potent fears. As both a writer/performer and a coach/facilitator, she addresses the areas of race, gender, class, power, and sexuality in myriad ways. Ultimately, she sees these critical issues as holding the key to both our individual and collective freedom. Her performance credits include two solo shows, Song of the Sacred Whore and Falling Into Love, and a collaborative effort, The Secret Order of the Libertines: An Intimate Revolution. She was the creator and host of Essensuality: An Evening of Erotic Expression in New York City and Philadelphia, and the producer and lead coach for the innovative Power of One program, which uses the solo show format as a vehicle for personal and cultural transformation. As a coach, she works with individuals and couples, offers workshops, and regularly offers innovative group programs. In this new episode of the She Rises podcast, Giovanna Capozzainterviews author and life coach Monica Day. Monica has been actively offering transitional coaching, sessions for individuals and groups, as well as apprenticeships for her clients. The focus of Giovanna Capozza’s discussion with Monica Day revolves around Day’s new book called “Play Wide, Stay Safe: The Guide to Giving and Receiving.” This timely guide addresses the importance of rising above sexual shame and gender stereotypes about sexual pleasure and indulging in safe and consensual intimate exploration. Monica Day offers tangible methods to take the embarrassment out of the communication of personal desires and the importance of using polar opposites in your relationship to spark hot sexual energy. Giovanna welcomes Monica to the podcast Monica defines sex as foundational to all of our lives, not relegated to the bedroom Doesn’t consider herself a sex coach or “sexpert” Monica’s “Sex Rises Story”: Monica’s feelings of once feeling unfulfilled: her own business, family breadwinner, raising two kids, putting ex-husband through school Writing erotic poetry after marital separation and depression Monica will have future book about personal coming-of-age sexual desires Monica lost her virginity against her will Sexual and body shame getting in the way of sexual exploration People not being taught the difference between sexual acts and sexual energy Predatory sex Shared ways to express sexual desires as individuals and in relationships Breaking free of societal taboos about sex that create shame Intersection between race and sex Sexual habits and desires leading to self-judgement and fear Performance-based language about sex Distinction between sensation-based language and judgement-based language Popularity of “50 Shades of Grey” and the romance novel industry “Erotic Self” and a “Domestic Self” Communicating sexual curiosities Monica’s advice to remedy a couple’s lack of sexual communication: Slowing down, being playful and curious, taking goal-orientated sex results out of the picture Repression even in a highly sexualized society Monica advising a company how to change their sexualized approach to using desire in advertising The problem with pornography getting in the way of intimacy Where our sexual organs are in our body is where our creativity and life force energy resides, a lot of our shames lives there as well Women shutting down their sexual interests to avoid shame Mastering the powerful fuel of sexual energy “Solo Practice” to explore your own body to learn personal desires Communication to feel full desire Masculine and feminine energy in sexual tension Important polarities to create desire: Leading and Following, Dominance and Submission, Fantasy and Reality Giovanna talks about “The Little Death” an Australian movie about a wife sharing her rape fantasy with her husband “The Primal and the Sacred” as a range for sexual desire Start something new in your relationship before it dies 3 Key Points: Sexual repression and taboos. The differences between your “erotic self” and your “domestic” self.  Use polar opposites like Leading and Following, Dominance and Submission, Fantasy and Reality, and Primal and Sacred to explore sexual desires. Tweetable Quotes: -“There is sex the act, and there is sex the energy.” – Monica Day requoting Giovanna Capozza. -“Am I normal?” – Monica Day -“When curiosity is politically inconvenient.” – Monica Day. -“We are saturated with sex, and yet we are starving.” – Monica Day. -  “Your sex walks in the door 20 minutes before you, and it doesn’t leave until an hour after you’ve left the room.” – Monica Day -  “The best leader is one who takes you to the place of your deepest desire. And the best follower is the one who is willing to go there.“ – Monica Day Resources Mentioned: "Wild Geese”– Poem by Mary Oliver “Play Wild, Stay Safe: The Guide to Giving and Receiving”- Book by Monica Day “Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence” - Book by Ester Perel http://monicaday.com - Monica Day’s website “The Little Death” – Movie about sexual fantasy  

It’s happened! RuPaul announced the cast of Drag Race All Stars Season 3 so of course we’re talking about it. We’ll also recap Highball Halloween, featuring the cast of Heels of Horror and their special guest Jennica McCleary. Plus, therapeutic chores and how to spot a genius. Also in this episode: Halloween costumes, Monica Day, […] The post 120: The Ramblings of Halloweening appeared first on DragCast.

In this episode, Nat talks about the concepts of Erotic and Domestic as defined by Monica Day of thesensuallife.com. He then shares why we need the erotic in our lives and we need to find new ways to feel safe to allow more of the erotic in. Show notes can be found at http://BoldMagnificence.com/009

What happens when doors behind you are closed? When you realise you simply must move forward, the only other option is a price too high? In this episode Monica talks about how her one-woman show led to building a successful coaching practice, and how living an un-oppressed life is inspiring others to do the same. Here's a little more about Monica: Monica Day is many things. Writer, artist, performer. Producer, muse, entrepreneur. Coach and overall instigator of aliveness. Her innovative individual and group programs cover topics from sensuality to creativity to business to larger social issues of race and oppression (often in the same session). By forging powerful links between the private self to the public self, clients eventually realize an unprecedented feeling of wholeness that is life-changing. Her performance credits include: a one-woman show titled Song of the Sacred Whore, a collaborative cabaret entitled The Secret Order of the Libertines: An Intimate Revolution, and numerous appearances at the Erotic Literary Salon and other spoken word and storytelling venues in NYC and Philadelphia. Her business credits include working with start-up companies, such as Odwalla and The Republic of Tea, dozens of businesses and nonprofits as a consultant, and thousands of hours with groups and individuals to build skills in the areas of diversity, communication, and collective decision-making. “If there is one thing I've learned, through this diverse and complicated path I've chosen, it is this: Our best self is our whole self. Our unfiltered self. The authentic person we are when we are not trying to fit into tiny boxes and roles and stereotypes. Ultimately, that's both what I do, and who I am: an advocate and instigator of embodied, integrated, activated, be your whole fucking self, live your biggest life, always. I think that's what changes the world.” http://monicaday.com/

Monica Day is a writer, artist, creator, producer, performer, coach, entrepreneur and instigator, with a deep commitment to an ever-unfolding personal journey. She brings a unique combination of training in creativity, sensuality, diversity, and business to her work. Our conversation happens at the end of a 3-day writing retreat Monica did outside of San Diego, […]

Monica Day has developed a unique approach to coaching that focuses on integrating the scattered self into the most powerful, purest and fully expressed self. She combines over 20 years experience as a writer, performer, facilitator, entrepreneur and an instigator with a deep community to an ever unfolding personal journey.  She coaches a diverse range of individuals from business leaders, to social change activists and everything in-between.